Climate Change and Hazard Zonation in the Circum
... permafrost have been discussed extensively in both specialist literature and textbooks (e.g., Brown and Grave, 1979; Péwé, 1983; Williams, 1986; Woo et al., 1992; Andersland and Ladanyi, 1994; Koster and Judge, 1994; Yershov, 1998; Dyke and Brooks, 2000; Davis, 2001), they are given scant attention ...
... permafrost have been discussed extensively in both specialist literature and textbooks (e.g., Brown and Grave, 1979; Péwé, 1983; Williams, 1986; Woo et al., 1992; Andersland and Ladanyi, 1994; Koster and Judge, 1994; Yershov, 1998; Dyke and Brooks, 2000; Davis, 2001), they are given scant attention ...
Climate Change and Switzerland 2050
... 2001 and 2007 reports serve as the scientific basis. The research reports available today with their scientific data and facts prove what has been evident for years: With a probability of more than 90 per cent, the largest proportion of the observed increase in the global mean temperature since the ...
... 2001 and 2007 reports serve as the scientific basis. The research reports available today with their scientific data and facts prove what has been evident for years: With a probability of more than 90 per cent, the largest proportion of the observed increase in the global mean temperature since the ...
Australian horticulture`s response to climate change and
... variability. A review was conducted of 27 projects previously funded by MCVP across a range of agricultural industries, of which 15 projects provided information or were capable of delivering an outcome which could have application in horticulture. This project has also sought to commence answering ...
... variability. A review was conducted of 27 projects previously funded by MCVP across a range of agricultural industries, of which 15 projects provided information or were capable of delivering an outcome which could have application in horticulture. This project has also sought to commence answering ...
Undergraduate Thesis - College of Forestry and Conservation
... system focused on protection of the land, but even with President Johnson’s mention of a topic that remains contentious in the political sphere today, the recognition that we also needed to protect the atmosphere above was pushed into the background of public notice. The science of climate change ha ...
... system focused on protection of the land, but even with President Johnson’s mention of a topic that remains contentious in the political sphere today, the recognition that we also needed to protect the atmosphere above was pushed into the background of public notice. The science of climate change ha ...
Climate Change curriculum
... are occurring all around us. Climate change is a complex topic that provides opportunities for students to explore many interrelationships, including the connections between our energy use and changes in the global carbon cycle, temperatures, rainfall patterns, and sea level. This unit is designed a ...
... are occurring all around us. Climate change is a complex topic that provides opportunities for students to explore many interrelationships, including the connections between our energy use and changes in the global carbon cycle, temperatures, rainfall patterns, and sea level. This unit is designed a ...
Transportation & Climate Change in Manitoba – Proceedings
... convinced, that this is a global issue that is not going away any time soon. Figure 1 depicts a very good thermometer-based record from the last 150 years. This clearly and convincingly indicates that the average global temperature is rising significantly and has risen quite significantly, particula ...
... convinced, that this is a global issue that is not going away any time soon. Figure 1 depicts a very good thermometer-based record from the last 150 years. This clearly and convincingly indicates that the average global temperature is rising significantly and has risen quite significantly, particula ...
What are the next steps? - Environmental Law Institute
... Even if it is considered by some to be largely aspirational, the GLCC has contributed to promoting an important debate about the best alternatives available for transitioning to a sustainable low-carbon economy, while shielding the competitiveness of Mexican industries, and protecting the environmen ...
... Even if it is considered by some to be largely aspirational, the GLCC has contributed to promoting an important debate about the best alternatives available for transitioning to a sustainable low-carbon economy, while shielding the competitiveness of Mexican industries, and protecting the environmen ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE LIMITED
... This document has been reproduced without formal editing. ...
... This document has been reproduced without formal editing. ...
Extreme Weather Events in Europe: preparing for climate change
... change and with these will come extreme weather. This is of considerable consequence in Europe as it impacts on the vulnerability of communities across the continent and exposes them to environmental risks. It is now widely recognised that failures in international efforts to agree on the action nec ...
... change and with these will come extreme weather. This is of considerable consequence in Europe as it impacts on the vulnerability of communities across the continent and exposes them to environmental risks. It is now widely recognised that failures in international efforts to agree on the action nec ...
Charting A New Low-Carbon Route To Development
... Climate change is a defining challenge of our time. Science tells us that if immediate action is not taken to slow down - and reverse in a few years – the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, changes in our climate could have catastrophic consequences for the entire planet. We also know that the resu ...
... Climate change is a defining challenge of our time. Science tells us that if immediate action is not taken to slow down - and reverse in a few years – the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, changes in our climate could have catastrophic consequences for the entire planet. We also know that the resu ...
a guidebook on climate scenarios
... straightforward. In addition, their needs may require more specific information that must be customized to some degree to suit their expertise. Indeed, ‘generic’ decision support tools are not easily constructed given that climate related decisions are made at multiple levels and by a variety of act ...
... straightforward. In addition, their needs may require more specific information that must be customized to some degree to suit their expertise. Indeed, ‘generic’ decision support tools are not easily constructed given that climate related decisions are made at multiple levels and by a variety of act ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015
... This glossary is compiled according to the Lead Authors of the report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Interg ...
... This glossary is compiled according to the Lead Authors of the report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Interg ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015
... This glossary is compiled according to the Lead Authors of the report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Interg ...
... This glossary is compiled according to the Lead Authors of the report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Interg ...
Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability
... emission mitigation efforts. The Australian Government’s decision to fund the development of an adaptation strategy is therefore an important step forward. Policymakers and investors daily make decisions that have far–reaching and sometimes irreversible effects on the environment, economy and societ ...
... emission mitigation efforts. The Australian Government’s decision to fund the development of an adaptation strategy is therefore an important step forward. Policymakers and investors daily make decisions that have far–reaching and sometimes irreversible effects on the environment, economy and societ ...
Autonomous Adaptation to Climate Change: A Literature Review*
... Study on climate change has long focused on mitigation. But regardless of how much mitigation is achieved or will be achieved, the climate is already changing, and significant change is expected in the coming decades due to past emissions of greenhouse gases. Therefore, adaptation has drawn more a ...
... Study on climate change has long focused on mitigation. But regardless of how much mitigation is achieved or will be achieved, the climate is already changing, and significant change is expected in the coming decades due to past emissions of greenhouse gases. Therefore, adaptation has drawn more a ...
8.1MB - Climate Change 2013
... Regional climates are the complex result of processes which vary strongly with location and so respond differently to changes in global-scale influences. The following large-scale climate phenomena are increasingly well-simulated by climate models and so provide a scientific basis for understanding ...
... Regional climates are the complex result of processes which vary strongly with location and so respond differently to changes in global-scale influences. The following large-scale climate phenomena are increasingly well-simulated by climate models and so provide a scientific basis for understanding ...
Endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly and climate change: Short
... editha populations persisting into the 1990s increased significantly with both increasing latitude and altitude. This northward and upward shift in the center of abundance of the species was consistent with response to the regional warming that had occurred in the previous decades (see Discussion). ...
... editha populations persisting into the 1990s increased significantly with both increasing latitude and altitude. This northward and upward shift in the center of abundance of the species was consistent with response to the regional warming that had occurred in the previous decades (see Discussion). ...
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... Regional climates are the complex result of processes that vary strongly with location and so respond differently to changes in global-scale influences. The following large-scale climate phenomena are increasingly well simulated by climate models and so provide a scientific basis for understanding a ...
... Regional climates are the complex result of processes that vary strongly with location and so respond differently to changes in global-scale influences. The following large-scale climate phenomena are increasingly well simulated by climate models and so provide a scientific basis for understanding a ...
14 Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change
... Regional climates are the complex result of processes that vary strongly with location and so respond differently to changes in global-scale influences. The following large-scale climate phenomena are increasingly well simulated by climate models and so provide a scientific basis for understanding a ...
... Regional climates are the complex result of processes that vary strongly with location and so respond differently to changes in global-scale influences. The following large-scale climate phenomena are increasingly well simulated by climate models and so provide a scientific basis for understanding a ...
IPCC report
... and temperature of water for cooling are the main concern for thermal and nuclear power plants. Several options are available to cope with reduced water availability but at higher cost; however, decreased efficiency of thermal conversion remains a primary concern. Similarly, already available or new ...
... and temperature of water for cooling are the main concern for thermal and nuclear power plants. Several options are available to cope with reduced water availability but at higher cost; however, decreased efficiency of thermal conversion remains a primary concern. Similarly, already available or new ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.